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NOMINATIONS 2016
Recipients are marked in *
Production of the Year (Bruce McBrien Award)
Wicked, CLOC Musical Theatre
The Little Mermaid, Windmill Theatre Company
Miss Saigon, PLOS Musical Productions
Catch Me If You Can, OCPAC
*Jesus Christ Superstar, CLOC Musical Theatre
Direction (Vin Foster Award)
Tyler Hess, The Little Mermaid, Windmill Theatre Company
Scott Hili, Miss Saigon, PLOS Musical Productions
*Sam Hooper, Catch Me If You Can, OCPAC
Shaun Kingma, Jesus Christ Superstar, CLOC Musical Theatre
Musical Direction (Geoff Tomkins Award)
John Shawcross, Mary Poppins, Footlight Productions
Andy McCalman, Rock of Ages, Ballarat Lyric Theatre Inc
Danny Forward, Wicked, CLOC Musical Theatre
Anthony Barnhill, The Little Mermaid, Windmill Theatre Company
*Dave Barclay, Catch Me If You Can, OCPAC
Tyson Legg, Jesus Christ Superstar, CLOC Musical Theatre
Anthony Barnhill, Anything Goes, Babirra Music Theatre
Ben Hudson, The Pajama Game, OSMaD
Choreography (Marie Cumisky Award)
Ashley Tynan-Mill, The Addams Family, Williamstown Musical Theatre Company
Jordan Punsalang, Mary Poppins, Footlight Productions
David Harford, Rock of Ages, Ballarat Lyric Theatre Inc
Steven Rostron, Catch Me If You Can, Williamstown Musical Theatre Company
Lynette White, Wicked, CLOC Musical Theatre
Kirra Sibel, The Little Mermaid, Windmill Theatre Company
*Sam Hooper, Catch Me If You Can, OCPAC
Tamara Finch, Jesus Christ Superstar, CLOC Musical Theatre
Settings (Grahame Murphy Award)
Tad Hendry, Next To Normal, Off The Leash Theatre
Chris White, Wicked, CLOC Musical Theatre
Colin Mitchell, Evita, Wonthaggi Theatrical Group
Alberto Salvato, The Little Mermaid, Windmill Theatre Company
*Michael Fletcher, Miss Saigon, PLOS Musical Productions
Shaun Kingma, Jesus Christ Superstar, CLOC Musical Theatre
Wardrobe (Hazel Rodgers Award)
Victoria Horne, Wicked, CLOC Musical Theatre
Vicky Bristow, Evita, Wonthaggi Theatrical Group
*Jacqui Day, The Little Mermaid, Windmill Theatre Company
Mark McIntyre, Catch Me If You Can, OCPAC
Victoria Horne, Jesus Christ Superstar, CLOC Musical Theatre
Tyler Hess, Anything Goes, Babirra Music Theatre
Lighting
Mystic Entertainmentz, Rock of Ages, Ballarat Lyric Theatre Inc
Brad Alcock, Wicked, CLOC Musical Theatre
Jason Bovaird and Maddy Seach, The Little Mermaid, Windmill Theatre Company
Ian Scott, The Addams Family, Bendigo Theatre Company
Brad Alcock, Miss Saigon, PLOS Musical Productions
*Brad Alcock, Jesus Christ Superstar, CLOC Musical Theatre
Sound
Marcello Lo Ricco, The Addams Family, Williamstown Musical Theatre Company
Marcello Lo Ricco, Mary Poppins, PLOS Musical Productions
Marcello Lo Ricco, Mary Poppins, Footlight Productions
Steve Cooke, The Little Mermaid, Windmill Theatre Company
Callum McClure, The Addams Family, Bendigo Theatre Company
Marcello Lo Ricco and Steve Cooke, Miss Saigon, PLOS Musical Productions
*Marcello Lo Ricco, Jesus Christ Superstar, CLOC Musical Theatre
Steve Cooke, Anything Goes, Babirra Music Theatre
Technical Achievement (Nigel Wallace Award)
Mary Poppins, PLOS Musical Productions
Wicked, CLOC Musical Theatre
The Little Mermaid, Windmill Theatre Company
*Jesus Christ Superstar, CLOC Musical Theatre
Male Performer in a Leading Role (Harold Burrows Award)
Ryan Quinn, Edward Bloom, Big Fish, Holiday Actors
Ash Bronca, Bert, Mary Poppins, Footlight Productions
Jason McMurray, Gomez Addams, The Addams Family, Bendigo Theatre Company
Michael Laity, The Engineer, Miss Saigon, PLOS Musical Productions
*James Watkinson, Frank Abagnale Jnr, Catch Me If You Can, OCPAC
Alexander Hatzikostas, Special Agent Carl Hanratty, Catch Me If You Can, OCPAC
Scott Mackenzie, Judas, Jesus Christ Superstar, CLOC Musical Theatre
Daniel Mottau, Jesus, Jesus Christ Superstar, CLOC Musical Theatre
Female Performer in a Leading Role (Doreen Burrows Award)
Nadia Gianinotti, Mary Poppins, Mary Poppins, PLOS Musical Productions
Angie Bedford, Sarah, The Toxic Avenger, Fab Nobs Theatre Inc
Rosa McCarty, Elphaba, Wicked, CLOC Musical Theatre
Emily McKenzie, Galinda/Glinda, Wicked, CLOC Musical Theatre
Stephanie John, Mary Poppins, Mary Poppins, Babirra Music Theatre
Stephanie James, Ariel, The Little Mermaid, Windmill Theatre Company
Guada Banez, Kim, Miss Saigon, PLOS Musical Productions
*Katie Weston, Mary, Jesus Christ Superstar, CLOC Musical Theatre
Male Performer in a Supporting Role (Rob Constable Award)
Jamie McGuane, George Banks, Mary Poppins, Footlight Productions
David Harford, Stacee Jaxx, Rock of Ages, Ballarat Lyric Theatre Inc
*Maverick De Leon, Sebastian, The Little Mermaid, Windmill Theatre Company
Jason Mill, Scuttle, The Little Mermaid, Windmill Theatre Company
Andrew Dempster, Frank Abagnale Snr, Catch Me If You Can, OCPAC
*Henry Shaw, Caiaphas, Jesus Christ Superstar, CLOC Musical Theatre
Jye Cannon, Peter, Jesus Christ Superstar, CLOC Musical Theatre
Jeremy Russo, Hines, The Pajama Game, OSMaD
Female Performer in a Supporting Role
*Sophie Collins, Winifred Banks, Mary Poppins, Footlight Productions
Verity Rose Brown, Mayor Babs / Ma Ferd, The Toxic Avenger, Fab Nobs Theatre Inc
Lucinda Ventimiglia, Natalie, Next To Normal, Off The Leash Theatre
Rachel Rai, Brenda Strong, Catch Me If You Can, Williamstown Musical Theatre Company
Carolyn Waddell, Madame Morrible, Wicked, CLOC Musical Theatre
Grace Kingsford, Nessarose, Wicked, CLOC Musical Theatre
Natasha Bassett, Ursula, The Little Mermaid, Windmill Theatre Company
Amy McMillan, Wednesday Addams, The Addams Family, Bendigo Theatre Company
Junior Performer in an Open Production
Lenny Thomas, Michael Banks, Mary Poppins, PLOS Musical Productions
Felicity Bertram, Jane Banks, Mary Poppins, PLOS Musical Productions
Alec Watson, Young Will Bloom, Big Fish, Holiday Actors
*Soren Adkin, Flounder, The Little Mermaid, Windmill Theatre Company
Darcy Halliday, Flounder, The Little Mermaid, Windmill Theatre Company
Phoebe Bourke, Annie, Annie, Peoples Playhouse
First Performance in a Featured Role (Gladys Moncrieff Award)
Bradley Marshall, Joseph, Joseph and The Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat, Aspect Inc
*Alexander Hatzikostas, Special Agent Carl Hanratty, Catch Me If You Can, OCPAC
Belle Power, Brenda Strong, Catch Me If You Can, OCPAC
Ian Andrew, Pilate, Jesus Christ Superstar, CLOC Musical Theatre
Dancer’s Award (Tony McShanag Award)
*Ash Bronca, Bert, Mary Poppins, Footlight Productions
Adrian Darakai, Bert, Mary Poppins, Leongatha Lyric Theatre
Nicole Kapiniaris, Carmen, The Pajama Game, OSMaD
Jason Mill, Joe, The Pajama Game, OSMaD
Cameo Performance
Shirley Bowen, Bird Woman, Mary Poppins, PLOS Musical Productions
Daragh Wills, Park Keeper, Mary Poppins, PLOS Musical Productions
Peter Jenkins, Bank Chairman, Mary Poppins, PLOS Musical Productions
*Janie Gordon, Peron’s Mistress, Evita, Wonthaggi Theatrical Group
Ensemble Performance
Arsenal – The Band, Rock of Ages, Ballarat Lyric Theatre Inc
The Ensemble, The Toxic Avenger, Fab Nobs Theatre Inc
The Ensemble, Wicked, CLOC Musical Theatre
The Brothers, Joseph and The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, MDMS
The Ensemble, Catch Me If You Can, OCPAC
*The Ensemble, Jesus Christ Superstar, CLOC Musical Theatre
Design Award (Peter Blizzard-Allen Award)
James Hart, Paul Congdon and Karl McNamara, Projection Illustrations, Mary Poppins, PLOS
Musical Productions
Laurence Heenan and Technical Team, Bert Walk Over, Mary Poppins, BLOC Music Theatre
David Wisken, Wig Design, Wicked, CLOC Musical Theatre
Dennis Leversha, Scenic Art, Evita, Wonthaggi Theatrical Group
Issi Lumbroso and Annie Cox, Silk and Aerial Choreography and Execution, The Little
Mermaid, Windmill Theatre Company
*David Wisken, Makeup Design, Jesus Christ Superstar, CLOC Musical Theatre
MTGV Panelists are precluded from participation in discussion of a show with which they or
their partners have been associated or any other productions of the same show in the same
year. Nor are they eligible for Awards.
There were 63 Open Section Productions in 2016.
Junior Production of the Year
Guys & Dolls, Mount Scopus Memorial College
Hairspray, Hart Theatre Company, St Leonard’s College
*City of Angels, Camberwell Grammar School with Canterbury Girls’ Secondary College
Hairspray, Emmaus College
The Boy from Oz, St Bernard’s College in conjunction with St Columba’s College
Direction of a Junior Production
Kim Anderson, Hairspray, Hart Theatre Company, St Leonard’s College
*Andrew Stocker, City of Angels, Camberwell Grammar School with Canterbury Girls’ Secondary College
Elise Cavallo, Hairspray, Emmaus College
Brooke Sullivan & Brendan Tollit, The Boy from Oz, St Bernard’s College in conjunction with St Columba’s College
Janine McLean, Big Fish, St Joseph’s College, Geelong
Musical Direction of a Junior Production
Malcolm Huddle, West Side Story, Caulfield Grammar School
Kirk Skinner, Into the Woods, Newhaven College
*Ben Bishop, City of Angels, Camberwell Grammar School with Canterbury Girls’ Secondary College
Ben Hudson, The Wizard of Oz, Presbyterian Ladies College in association with Scotch College
Ben Kelly, The Boy from Oz, St Bernard’s College in conjunction with St Columba’s College
Ben Moody, Anything Goes, Ringwood Secondary College
Choreography
*Craig Wiltshire, Hairspray, Hart Theatre Company, St Leonard’s College
Jess Barlow, Bye Bye Birdie, St Michael’s Grammar School
Emma Kiely, The Wedding Singer, Marymede Catholic College
*Natasha Harvey, 13, Mornington Players Theatre Co. Inc
Robert Mulholland, Hairspray, Emmaus College
Katherine McWaters & Jess Barlow, The Boy from Oz, St Bernard’s College in conjunction with St Columba’s College
Adriana Dall’Est, All Shook Up, Catchment Players
Junior Male in a Leading Role
Brian Kim, Stine, City of Angels Camberwell Grammar School with Canterbury Girls’ Secondary College
John Ninis, Stone, City of Angels, Camberwell Grammar School with Canterbury Girls’ Secondary College
Matthew Casamento, J. Pierrepont Finch, How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, Parade College &
Mercy College
*Liam McWhinney, Peter Allen, The Boy from Oz, St Bernard’s College in conjunction with St Columba’s College
Dean Adamou, Carl Hanratty, Catch me if you Can, Brentwood Secondary College
Eamon Dooley, Edward Bloom, Big Fish St Joseph’s College, Geelong
William McKenna, Emmett Forrest, Legally Blonde The Musical, Eltham College
Junior Female in a Leading Role
Alexis van Maanen, Maria, West Side Story Caulfield Grammar School
Emily Adams Tracy Turnblad, Hairspray, Hart Theatre Company, St Leonard’s College
Laura Wilcox, Donna, City of Angels, Camberwell Grammar School with Canterbury Girls’ Secondary College
Amelia Vague, Gabby, City of Angels Camberwell Grammar School with Canterbury Girls’ Secondary College
Nanette Mangoba, Julia Sullivan, The Wedding Singer, Marymede Catholic College
*Emma Townsend, Patrice, 13, Mornington Players Theatre Co. Inc
Taylah Paull, Tracy Turnblad, Hairspray, Emmaus College
India Ney, Sandra Bloom, Big Fish, St Joseph’s College, Geelong
Rachel Tunaley, Elle, Legally Blonde, The Musical, Eltham College
Grace Cisilin, Dorothy, The Wizard of Oz, Melba College
Junior Male in a Supporting Role
Henry Jaksetic, Lord Farquaad, Shrek the Musical Jnr Caulfield Grammar School
Joel Bowditch, Seaweed J Stubbs, Hairspray, Hart Theatre Company, St Leonard’s College
Michael Gotze, Corny Collins, Hairspray Hart Theatre Company, St Leonard’s College
Jared Clark, Edna Turnblad, Hairspray Hart Theatre Company, St Leonard’s College
*Sean Rhys-Wemyss, Mrs Mae Peterson, Bye Bye Birdie St Michael’s Grammar School
Francis Cao, Bud Frump, How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, Parade College and Mercy College
Oliver Pinkett, Archie, 13, Mornington Players Theatre Co. Inc
Blair Docking, Cogsworth, Beauty & the Beast, Notre Dame College
Angelo Vasilakakos, Dennis, All Shook Up Catchment Players
Junior Female in a Supporting Role
Sydney Miller, Anita, West Side Story, Caulfield Grammar School
Christine Mathieson, Ms Darbus, High School Musical Donvale Christian College
Mimi Galt, Penny Pingleton, Hairspray Hart Theatre Company, St Leonard’s College
Natalie Wilson, Velma von Tussle, Hairspray Hart Theatre Company, St Leonard’s College
*Holland Brooks, Mallory Kingsley, City of Angels, Camberwell Grammar School with Canterbury Girls’ Secondary
College
Emma Townsend, Paulette Bonafonte, Legally Blonde the Musical The Peninsula School
Nesceda Blake, Judy Garland, The Boy from Oz St Bernard’s College in conjunction with St Columba’s College
Ivy Healy, Penny Pingleton, Hairspray Emmaus College
Stephanie McMillan, Melpomene, Xanadu St Helena Secondary College
Brigid Hanley-Leonard, Marion Woolnough, The Boy from Oz St Bernard’s College
5 Awards of Excellence
Nathan Firmin, Catchment Players for the make up of the prosthetic noses in Seussical Jr.
Kelsi Oen, Donvale Christian College as the onstage pianist in High School Musical
Lauren Jaksetic, Caulfield Grammar School for her dancing and contribution to choreography in West Side Story
For the design and staging of the Mt Olympus Scene in Xanadu, St Helena Secondary College
Catchment Players for ‘the show must go on’, All Shook Up